Empowerment
Youth
The youth make up more than one-third of Kenya's population, playing a significant role in the country's labour force. With a sizable young population, Kenya stands to gain substantially from its demographic dividend if its youth are equipped with strong skills and are employable. At Victory child Empowerment, we strive to harness the potential of underprivileged youth by providing them with proper guidance and direction, thereby contributing to economic advancement and nation-building efforts.
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What we do
Victory Child Empowerment, through its Life Skills Programme, empowers unemployed or underemployed youth from disadvantaged groups and communities by connecting them to sectors with high growth potential in revenue generation and employability. Recognizing the significant underutilization of the youth population in the job market due to a lack of requisite qualifications and training, the program focuses on upskilling, uplifting, and mainstreaming these individuals to contribute meaningfully to the country’s growth. For care-leavers and youth, acquiring vocational skills is essential for securing employment and achieving economic stability. To address this, our vocational training program equips young individuals with practical skills and market-relevant knowledge, preparing them for sustainable livelihoods.
The program includes
Skills Training: Offering courses in various trades such as carpentry, tailoring, computer skills, culinary arts, and more.
Apprenticeships and Internships: Partnering with local businesses to provide hands-on experience and job placements for trainees.
Career Counselling: Helping youth identify their strengths and interests, and guiding them in choosing appropriate career paths.
Job Placement Assistance: Supporting graduates in finding employment opportunities and preparing for job interviews.
By equipping care-leavers and youth with vocational skills, we aim to enhance their employability and enable them to lead independent, productive lives.
The programme also trains and coaches disadvantaged women and caregivers who are excluded from mainstream financials services, giving them the leverage to start or nurture their businesses.
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The livelihood programme aims to complement the government’s vision and efforts and is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 8.
CAREGIVER EMPOWERMENT
Aligned with Vision 2032, we believe that empowering women economically is fundamental to achieving sustainable community development. Our Saving Investment and Lending Initiative (SILI) is a cornerstone of this vision, designed to equip women with essential financial literacy skills, foster the practice of table banking, and promote SMART agricultural techniques. By supporting value addition and sustainable household economic strengthening, SILI empowers women to take charge of their financial futures, ultimately uplifting families and driving community resilience and growth.
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Areas of Focus
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Savings Groups: Facilitating the formation of community-based savings groups to empower women to pool resources, save collectively, and invest in shared or individual goals.
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Microloans: Providing small-scale financial support to enable women to start or expand businesses, enhancing their income generation and improving household living conditions.
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Financial Literacy Training: Equipping women with essential skills in financial management, budgeting, and investment to promote informed decision-making and sustainable financial practices.
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Entrepreneurship Support: Delivering training and mentorship programs to support women entrepreneurs in developing, managing, and scaling successful businesses.
We empower women to become financially self-sufficient and active contributors to their local economies.
Elimu Bora Program
In the dynamic landscape of Kenya's educational sphere, tackling issues like healthcare, poverty, unemployment, teenage pregnancies and female genital mutilation demands a foundational solution: Education for every child in need. Education serves as the cornerstone, not only in fostering individual empowerment but also in cultivating the seeds of responsible citizenship, both nationally and globally. Enshrined in the 2010 Kenyan constitution, the Right to Education mandates free and compulsory basic education for all children, signalling a pivotal commitment to equitable access to education. However, even after a decade, the educational journeys for some Kenyan children remain fraught with challenges. Socio-economic disparities among parents and systemic deficiencies within educational institutions present formidable barriers, impeding countless children from accessing quality education.
What we do
Victory Child Empowerment flagship programme “Elimu Bora Programme” works with the objective of empowering underprivileged children by providing access to education, nutrition, and wellness support. The programme is well aligned with the Basic education Act, and the SDG Goal 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all). Elimu Programme works with children (6-18 years) living in difficult circumstances, children from poor families, differently abled children, abandoned and street children, and children living in remote villages and hard to reach areas.
Our Approach
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Improving learning Outcomes: Through Curriculum Based Learning, STEM & Experiential Learning, Digital Learning Solutions, Sports and Extra-Curricular Activities and Nutrition and Healthcare Support
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Creating Enabling Learning Environment: Through Infrastructure Development, Using Building as Learning Aid (BALA), Solar Panels for Alternative Power, Refurbishment of Classrooms & Science Labs, Setting up STEM Labs, Libraries, Numeracy Labs and Capacity Building of Teachers
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Classroom Management: Through Subject Specific Knowledge, Child Pedagogy and Wellbeing, Teaching Learning Tools and Use of Digital Tools
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Community Engagement: Through Engaging Local Stakeholders, Parent Teachers Associations and School Management Communities.
Child protection
Children in our setting are exposed to violence, abuse, physical and sexual exploitation, early or forced marriage and trafficking. Many children will spend their entire childhoods away from home, sometimes separated from their families.
Even where they are not directly targeted, children witness household violence, experience terror, and deal with uncertainty and anxiety daily. The lasting effects can be both physical and emotional, impacting heavily on children’s learning, behaviour, and emotional and social development. Very rural communities also deprive children of access to health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, and other basic needs.
What we do
Victory Child Empowerment undertakes child protection training to all our beneficiaries and supports local actors to ensure that efforts to protect children in our communities are timely, well-coordinated, and achieving maximum coverage, quality and impact.
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Our approaches
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Training and awareness creation on CP to children, their guardians and community members.
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Strengthening advocacy, policy and integrated approaches to better prioritize and deliver safe and inclusive child protection services through key partnerships.
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Strengthening already existing and locally owned child protection coordination systems and improving local service provision through close collaboration with county governments, civil society, protection actors, other clusters/sectors and national actors.
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Improve the quality of child protection prevention and preparedness measures and responses through quality monitoring systems, stronger analysis and the building of an evidence base of good practice.
Female Genital Mutilation
In Kenya, FGM continues due to cultural norms, poverty, and lack of education. Over 60% of survivors are from the poorest communities, linking economic vulnerability to harmful practices.
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In Kisii County, FGM remains entrenched despite Kenya’s 2011 Prohibition Act. While 92% of Kenyans support ending FGM, the practice causes severe physical and mental harm, including pain, trauma, and death. Long-term effects are chronic pain, complications in childbirth, and fistula (UNFPA).
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Advocacy is key to ending FGM. Women with education are 8.5 times less likely to subject their daughters to FGM (Population Reference Bureau). However, in poor areas like Kisii, FGM is seen as survival strategies, with the bride price being a critical income source. This makes FGM a requirement for marriage, often pushing girls into it at young.er ages as economic pressures grow (Girls Not Brides).
Addressing FGM’s root causes—poverty, culture, and education—is vital. Providing education and economic opportunities will help break the cycle of gender-based violence. Community-led interventions and strict enforcement of anti-FGM laws are essential for eradicating this harmful practice, ensuring a healthier and more equitable society.
Approaches
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Creating skills-programs and entrepreneurship opportunities for girls and their communities, they can lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
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Utilizing the momentum of community support backed by a legal framework that is focused on protecting girls, changing cultural norms is possible.
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Prioritizing the importance of educating girls is essential to ensure they have the tools and the opportunities to pursue hope-filled futures of their own design.